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Mar 18 2024

THEATER: COST OF LIVING

By |2024-03-18T21:41:49-04:00March 18th, 2024|Theater|Comments Off on THEATER: COST OF LIVING

ON STAGE NOW  in its Boston premiere is 2018 Pulitzer Prize-winner COST OF LIVING presented by SpeakEasy Stage Company at The BCA Calderwood. I had NO idea what to expect going forward-- which is how I like it. This show in turn rewarded me by taking me places I had never been before and made [...]

Mar 07 2024

THEATER: ANTELOPE PARTY, THIRST, TITANISH, EURYDICE

By |2024-03-08T13:35:30-05:00March 7th, 2024|Theater|Comments Off on THEATER: ANTELOPE PARTY, THIRST, TITANISH, EURYDICE

It's theater round up time--some hits, some misses. Here's the lay of the land as it looks to me:  Now onstage and presented by Apollinaire Theatre Company known for its excellent and offbeat slate of offerings in a modest space is THE ANTELOPE PARTY. This droll but disturbing and universally resonant play is especially timely [...]

Mar 01 2024

THEATER: JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN, BECOMING A MAN

By |2024-03-08T12:58:34-05:00March 1st, 2024|Theater|Comments Off on THEATER: JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN, BECOMING A MAN

I've just seen 4 plays in 10 days. Here are two of them-- more to come! MUST SEE: JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN presented by THE HUNTINGTON at CALDERWOOD/BCA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgU5gm042Ok&t=4s Look out Arthur Miller. Playwright Kimberly Belflower has flipped the script on witches, bitches, and snitches in a crucible of a play about predation, [...]

Feb 01 2024

THEATER: A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD

By |2024-02-01T10:55:35-05:00February 1st, 2024|Theater|Comments Off on THEATER: A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD

If that title doesn't grab you in these grey days of existential crisis, global conflict, divisive politics, economic uncertainty, and a myriad other things--maybe my review will. SpeakEasy Stage's production of A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD starts humbly and quietly as one man approaches another seeking a bank loan. What starts as a [...]

Jan 26 2024

THEATER: MOBY DICK

By |2024-01-27T13:44:54-05:00January 26th, 2024|Theater|Comments Off on THEATER: MOBY DICK

My head is spinning between Oscar nominations-- an exceptional batch of movies this year--and theater which stretches the boundaries. Though it's only here til Sunday-- I loved it so much I couldn't resist writing about it! Read on... MUST SEE: MOBY DICK-- with puppets!! Wait, what? This production is a marvel, somewhere between stagecraft and [...]

Jan 04 2024

THEATER: REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES

By |2024-01-04T19:08:35-05:00January 4th, 2024|Theater|Comments Off on THEATER: REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES

Get the New Year off to an upbeat, feel-good, rousing start and, if you haven't already, do yourself a favor and see REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES! Head to the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge for a world premiere musical directed and choreographed by Tony Award-winner Sergio Trujillo who keeps this 2 hour 40 minute production [...]

Dec 08 2023

THE CULTURE SHOW: THE BAND’S VISIT, THE HEART SELLERS, THE ROCKY MENORAH CHRISTMAS SHOW

By |2023-12-08T12:43:47-05:00December 8th, 2023|Joyce's Choices, Music, Theater|Comments Off on THE CULTURE SHOW: THE BAND’S VISIT, THE HEART SELLERS, THE ROCKY MENORAH CHRISTMAS SHOW

Something really exciting has happened on the arts and culture scene! A new radio show hosted by GBH Executive Arts Editor Jared Bowen debuted this week: THE CULTURE SHOW on GBH 89.7 from 2-3PM every day following Boston Public Radio with Jim Braude and Margery Eagan. Tune in daily for an hour of wide-ranging conversations on the [...]

Dec 01 2023

THEATER/MOVIE ROUND UP: THE HEART SELLERS/CHICAGO/ THE HOLDOVERS

By |2023-12-01T19:44:51-05:00December 1st, 2023|Comedy, Drama, Movies, Theater, Uncategorized|0 Comments

This is a BUSY time for theater and award-worthy movie releases --and I've seen a lot lately. Here's a roundup of my take on some of the latest! MUST SEE: The New England premiere of THE HEART SELLERS! The Huntington has done it again. This funny and moving new play by Lloyd Suh (who also [...]

Nov 17 2023

THEATER: THE BAND’S VISIT

By |2023-11-19T00:22:11-05:00November 17th, 2023|Theater|0 Comments

THE BAND'S VISIT is a profoundly beautiful production by two of Boston’s best companies. It goes where only the arts and theater can go—straight to the heart of what unites us. This is "must-see" theater for everyone at this time in our world. A co-production by The Huntington where it was performed, and SpeakEasy Stage, [...]

Nov 07 2023

THEATER: HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE

By |2023-11-08T11:36:05-05:00November 7th, 2023|Theater|0 Comments

Actors' Shakespeare Project production of HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE  has earned a Boston Theater Critic's Pick and rattled me to my core. This is one of the very best productions I have seen all year. Paula Vogel's Pulitzer Prize-winning play is brilliantly structured, slowly but surely gathering momentum as it takes us back to [...]